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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3087 

To make improvements to the Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program of the Department 

of Defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2019 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself and Mr. TURNER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To make improvements to the Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program of 

the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF DE4 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE MENTOR-PROTE ́ GE ́

5 PROGRAM. 

6 (a) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.—Section 831 of 

7 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

8 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is 

9 amended by striking subsection (j). 


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1 (b) OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS OVER2 SIGHT.—Section 831 of the National Defense Authoriza3 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 

4 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub6 section (o); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(n) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE GOALS

10 AND PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The Office of Small Business 

11 Programs of the Department of Defense shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) establish performance goals consistent with 

13 the stated purpose of the Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program 

14 and outcome-based metrics to measure progress in 

15 meeting those goals; and 

16 ‘‘(2) submit to the congressional defense com17 mittees, not later than February 1, 2020, a report 

18 on progress made toward implementing these per19 formance goals and metrics, based on periodic re20 views of the procedures used to approve mentor21 prote ́ge ́ agreements.’’. 

22 (c) MODIFICATION OF DISADVANTAGED SMALL

23 BUSINESS CONCERN DEFINITION.—Subsection (o)(2) of 

24 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 designated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is amended 

2 by striking ‘‘has less than half the size standard cor3 responding to its primary North American Industry Clas4 sification System code’’ and inserting ‘‘is not more than 

5 the size standard corresponding to its primary North 

6 American Industry Classification System code’’. 

7 (d) REMOVAL OF PILOT PROGRAM REFERENCES.— 

8 Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 

10 note) is amended— 

11 (1) in the subsection heading for subsection (a), 

12 by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it appears. 

14 (e) INDEPENDENT REPORT ON PROGRAM EFFEC15 TIVENESS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

17 shall direct the Defense Business Board to submit to 

18 the congressional defense committees a report evalu19 ating the effectiveness of the Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Pro20 gram established under section 831 of the National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 

22 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), includ23 ing recommendations for improving the program in 

24 terms of performance metrics, forms of assistance, 


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1 and overall program effectiveness not later than 

2 March 31, 2022. 

3 (2) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES

4 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘congres5 sional defense committees’’ has the meaning given 

6 that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 

7 States Code. 

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